Reincarnation

Chapter 10: Football night gone wrong in too many ways

Note: I do not know how college life works, so don't judge.

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Vegeta shivered as he quickly walked across the campus. Despite wearing a turtleneck under his lover's hoodie- he was never going to give that hoodie back once he got it- his body felt like it was freezing in the autumn air. If this was the weather in the evening, how cold would it be at night?

The smaller male stood at the edge of the field as some football players ran across the field, some did push-ups, and some chatted with each other. Not one face looked familiar to him; well, maybe the tiny bald man and that Yamchi guy. But he couldn't recognize anyone else. Vegeta clasped his hands together and blew on them. He forgot to bring his gloves, of all days.

Large, calloused hands covered the flame-haired boy's hands, and the smaller male felt a large body surround him from behind. He felt a warm breath tickle his neck as a breathy laughter filled his ears. Vegeta smiled, but tried not to lean back to the touch. "Took you long enough, Kakarot."

Goku chuckled and nuzzled his head into the flame-haired boy's shoulder. "Hey. Had to go get changed for the game."

"For 3 hours?" The smaller male smirked playfully at his lover. "You don't even hog the shower for that long."

"That's true," The taller male laughed and hugged Vegeta, letting their bodies sway slowly side to side. "I wanted to surprise you, actually. Since it's the first game, and it's the first time we've got to wear the suits."

"Is that so?" The flame-haired boy pulled away from the hug and turned around to properly look at his lover. He couldn't help but laugh at how big his shoulders looked, nor how his hair peaked out from under the helmet. He could barely see Goku roll his eyes as he continued to cackle.

Vegeta felt tears in his eyes and he turned to look away. "Y-you're gonna-" The flame-haired boy took a deep breath and glanced at the taller male, stifling his laughter. "You're gonna run in that-" Vegeta started to laugh like a drain and felt his knees give in and drop to the ground, shortly rolling on the grass as his chest began to twinge with pain.

"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up 'Geta-" A loud guffaw erupted from the smaller male, interrupting what Goku was saying. "Y'know, this isn't so we can run better. It's to protect us when we hit the ground-"

"Sure sure!" Vegeta opened his eyes again to look at the taller male, his laughing session dying out. "Could you at least take off the helmet? I-" he laughed breathily. "I wanna see your face."

Goku smiled and obeyed, taking the helmet off and placing it down in the grass. He leaned down and kissed Vegeta and pulled back to see his boyfriend's smile dissipate, a profound and red face staring at him instead. "You look cute in my hoodie. You should wear it more often. It gets cold in the night, y'know."

"I-I'm aware, Kakarot." The smaller male scowled and sat up, hugging his knees. "I wouldn't be wearing it if that wasn't the case. And don't do that outside in front of everyone."

Goku laughed and was about to begin to talk again when they were interrupted. "So uh, Goku," Yamcha stood in front of them beside Krillin, both looking at them confused. "You gonna introduce us to your . . . friend here?"

"O-oh! Hey guys!" The taller male sat up properly and waved at them, flashing them a smile. Vegeta stared at the boys in front of him and frowned. What did they want? "Um, This is Vegeta, my . . ." He trailed off and looked down at the flame-haired boy. Goku knew he was always wary of revealing their relationship.

"His friend, why do you care?" Vegeta scoffed and let go of his knees, growling softly.

"Well . . ." The bald boy glanced at the flame-haired boy nervously. "We were planning on saying hi when we saw you two kiss so-"